Fine Lodging in Slatington, PA
We got up very early today after our early night. It has rained overnight but the tent did a fine job keeping us dry. We emptied it out and I hung it up to dry while we ate and I made the about 1/2 mile walk to get water. Still we had to pack the tent up wet which I loath to do.In the end I had estimated we would need 7 hours to get to the road but the trail turned out to be very easy. There were very few rocks and we made great time to the road crossing.
We did get hit by a fairly strong storm though and got soaked pretty good by the time we got to the Outerbridge shelter. We ducked in there and took a very long lunch break which as perfectly timed as were successfully avoided the most violent points of the storm. Still we had to walk in light rain when it came time to meet our shuttle at the next road crossing. We got there early despite the long break and waited in the rain for 1/2 and hour for the ride which arrived late after having to pick up Rodeo Clown and Trash Bag who had decided to stay in town after getting slammed by the rain on the exposed ride-line just north of Lehigh Gap. In town Dana and I unpacked in our room and set up everything to dry. 
Then we took showers. Finally in typical hiker fashion the rest of the night was spent resupplying and buying a lots of pizza.
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